Maryanne Grebenstein's manuscript of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"

It took Maryanne Grebenstein over three years to hand letter the 29,000 words contained in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Please join Maryanne as she discusses the plan, the process, the ups and downs, and the surprises she encountered while creating her manuscript.

“Creating a one-of-a-kind manuscript containing 143 pages of completely hand-lettered text can be considered nothing short of a labor of love. And for me, that’s exactly what this project was. I have always loved this story and had in mind that someday I would like to create a hand-lettered manuscript of it.

“Several years ago, I learned that The Morgan Library in New York (the owner of Charles Dickens’ original manuscript) had published a little book containing a facsimile of the manuscript alongside a transcription of it. Perfect! I could use Dickens’ actual words – in the raw – to create my manuscript. My hope was to keep…